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How I got dream role in ‘Matrix’ film

Actress Mumbi Maina (Photo: Courtesy)

Mumbi Maina was lazing in bed when the unanticipated call came. “How can this even be real?” Startled, she pondered as she gazed at her email’s inbox.

This is mid-2020. The world stood hopelessly, gripped, grieving. The Covid-19 pandemic had held everyone hostage and everyone was fighting for survival. Leave alone dreaming, thinking of such a breakthrough would be equated to abomination, or say heavenly intervention.

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